© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-telynor Recent reviews written by member telynor en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_476164230788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - Yes, I proudly admit it. I read romances. Mostly the historical ones, but hey, every now and then something a bit more modern will slide into the stack. For decades, this genre has been dissed and slandered and laughed at as reading material for the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476164230788 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:49:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476164230788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475932757636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - Of late, I've been hearing a lot about a Spanish writer named Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and on my last expedition to a brick-and-mortar bookstore, I decided to give this novel a try. And I'll be honest here, I don't know a lot about modern Spanish literature,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475932757636 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:44:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475932757636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475762691716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - This has been the year for me to rediscover (with some volumes) the Foreigner series by C.J. Cherryh, a sprawling saga of humanity meeting and having to make compromises with an alien race, the atevi. Ms. Cherryh, a long time writer of science... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475762691716 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:17:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475762691716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475483115140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - For a while now I have been reading the Once Upon a Time... series published by Simon and Schuster. Based upon traditional fairy tales and folk-tales, they've been expanded and adapted somewhat for the Young Adult/Teen market. This time, the story... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475483115140 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:48:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475483115140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473747918468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - Lately, there has been a feeding frenzy in the publishing and video world on that most infamous of kings, Henry VIII of England. There are miniseries and movies, and publishing houses are eagerly digging into their backlists and resurrecting novels that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473747918468 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:27:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473747918468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474980650628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - This year, I was rather surprised to see longtime romance writer Mary Balogh releasing a four part series -- but with each book coming out in successive months. That's rather unusual, as I don't know of many authors that can crank out books that quickly,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474980650628 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:49:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474980650628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474902204036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - There is something deliciously wicked about reading memoirs written by foodies. I can't help but be seduced by descriptions of meals, especially when it comes to meals that feature classic French food. There's something about the unabashed use of butter,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474902204036 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:10:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474902204036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474674138756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - Some time ago I read the novel, Der Vorleser (The Reader) by Bernhard Schlink, and found myself impressed enough that I wanted to go on ahead and watch the film adaptation. While I tend to think that the original novel or book is nearly always... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474674138756 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:32:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474674138756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474451185284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - Of late, what with the quinticentennial of the coronation of Henry VIII, King of England, there has been an influx of new histories and novels about this notorious king and his many wives. One title that stood out for me was Kelly Hart's multiple... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474451185284 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:02:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474451185284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474135891588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - I first started to encounter science fiction when I was a wee brat. It was all my mother's faults, naturally, she being an aeronautical engineer with a severe itch for rockets, and leaving books laying round the house. I first started off with Clarke and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474135891588 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:25:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474135891588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473972772484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - I freely admit to enjoying reading about the Victorian period of history, that time between 1840 or so to the turn of the twentieth century. Caught as it were, between the start of the Industrial Revolution and the First World War, we look back at it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473972772484 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:19:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473972772484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473842749060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - When I sit down to take in a James Bond film, I expect that certain things will happen. There'll be some great stunt sequences, pretty women who can sometimes fight with the best of them, and a certain measure of violence that doesn't go too over the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473842749060 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:34:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473842749060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473509432964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - Every now and then I come across an author that simply ruins a literary genre for me. This time, it's been the historical novel world, and Elizabeth Chadwick is the culprit. For the last year, I've been steadily working my way through her backlist of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473509432964 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:59:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473509432964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473142365828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - This June 2009 marks one of those dates in history that tend to make historians take notice -- on Midsummer Day, 1509, a young man who was barely eighteen and freshly married, attended his coronation as Henry VIII, King of England. And now to mark the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473142365828 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:02:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473142365828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472824581764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - One of my not-so-secret vices is my love of period drama. It doesn't really matter when the film is set, I just enjoy watching them. And the Victorian period (1838-1901) is a particular favourite. This time the film choice was an adaptation of Sarah... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472824581764 Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:20:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472824581764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472072031876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - After the last two books, rather thick in pages and subject, I knew I was in need of something lighter for my next read. And I don't mind at all stating that one of my favourite genres is historical romance -- alas, many of the writers out there don't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472072031876 Fri, 29 May 2009 22:21:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472072031876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471895543428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - Earlier this year, I took on the daunting task of reading science fiction author, C.J. Cherryh's mammoth Foreigner series. As of this writing, it's up to ten, very thick, novels, and shows no signs of slowing down, either. In the first book,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471895543428 Wed, 27 May 2009 20:00:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471895543428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471466086020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - I do admit that I approached viewing the BBC production Lost in Austen with some trepidation, being that I adore the works of Jane Austen, and I had heard varying degrees of satisfaction with it from various reviewers. But it was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471466086020 Sun, 24 May 2009 02:36:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471466086020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470882487940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - When it comes to the films of director Oliver Stone, I tend to be very wary. While he can be brilliant at times with his work, most of the time his look at his subject tends to focus on the sensationalistic, a tendency that I deplore. But with the film,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470882487940 Mon, 18 May 2009 19:11:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470882487940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470142848644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - I was one of those unfortunate people who came to American history late -- a childhood of having it pounded into my head by teachers who had little passion for the subject must have been the cause, I think. So over the last few years, I've been slowly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470142848644 Thu, 14 May 2009 15:19:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470142848644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469628325508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - Ever since I heard the reviews of this film, in its earlier incarnation as a stage play, I've been interested in seeing it. Set in the Bronx in the year 1964, it takes a look at a small Catholic community. St. Nicholas Parish has a school, run by the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469628325508 Fri, 8 May 2009 01:32:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469628325508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469538999940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - Being the continual fan of Jane Austen that I am, I keep looking at the various re-interpretations of Miss Austen's novels that have turned into a cottage industry these days. And sadly, most of them are pretty bad; however, a few do shine through as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469538999940 Thu, 7 May 2009 00:48:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469538999940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469372472964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - I have to admit, one of my favourite novels of all time is Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, whether it is in English or the original Russian. And to go along with that, there are all of the various television and feature films that have tried to adapt... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469372472964 Tue, 5 May 2009 14:36:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469372472964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469090143876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - There's a running joke in the classical music world that goes like this: Question: Knock knock, who's there? Knock knock, who's there? Knock knock, who's there? Answer: Philip Glass And that, pretty much, sums up the work of Philip... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469090143876 Sun, 3 May 2009 03:08:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469090143876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468572540548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author telynor - A while back, I had tried to read this novel, but had stopped after about thirty pages, as my heart wasn't really into reading it. I won't mention what the incident in the book was, but it was nearly enough to make me throw the book at the wall and vow... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468572540548 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:30:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468572540548?linkin_id=8003929